Air-brake system.



J. W..HIGKS. AIB. BRAKE SYSTEM.

APPLICATION FILED APR'l, 1909.`

Paented Nov. 16, 1909.

JOHN EV. HICKS, F GDLDSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA AIR-BRAKE SYSTEM;

Specication of Letters Patent. Patgnted Nov, 16, 1909,

Application sled Apriti 14, 1909. serial no. 489,854.

ment therefor by meansof which the aux-y iliary reservoir I 'may be charged and recharged uiI a rapid' manner so as to permit i' of many :ind frequent. applications of the brakes wit-hout danger of the supply fromv .said auxiliary reservoir' being exhausted.

ln .carrying out the objects of theinvention generally statedabove' it is contemplated employing the usual brake cy'linder, train pipe, and auxiliary reservoir, but said train pipe is; tapped for connection with two or more feed pipes each of which is vpro-- vided with a triple valve which has a pipe comici-.tion with said brake cylinder and said reservoir, said connections being provided with lugs or valves by means of which any o the same may be cut-out when des red or necessary. The described connections between the train pipeV and the 'bisake cylinder und auxiliary reservoir being `.such that the pressure may beffed thereto .from two or more sepa-rate and independent sources, thereby greatly uickening the charging und recharging di' reservoir and also the setting of the brakes und the release ofthe same. In' this connection it might be stated that the invention is particularly valuable for mountainous roads where there is fre nent necessity for; the application of the bralies in such a rapid manner and the applications' being at such close intervals that there is grave danger of the reservoir being exhausted and the necessity of :mother application of the brakes betore the ordinary feed pipe can replenish the exhausted reservoir. It is the aim of the present invention, therefore, to adapt the ordinary airbrake system to meet such emergencies as the above, and others, wherein it may be necessary for the brakes to be applied at frequent intervals.

To produce an invention capable of racti lly performing the above stated nctirins it will, of course, be readily understood that the essential features thereof are i through the same.v and 11 each have an reservoir i I 2. as indicated at 18 and 19, And cach pipe the auxiliary i allyoperable valve or plug, 20, 21, 22' and 23-, respectively,through the medium of which the saine may be cut oli' vfrom comsusceptible of a wide range of details and structural arrangements, but one preferred and practical embodiment of the same is shown in Athe accompanying drawings, wherein the preferred embodimentvof thev invention is shown in diagram as it would appear when looking at the bottom of acer.

Referring to said drawings it will be ob served that no special change is proposed in the general arrangement of the usual train pipe l, brake cylinder 2 and auxiliary reservoir 3, and as is usual, the brake cylinder' 2 has suitably secured to one end thereof a o trilile'valve casing 4 which has a pipe communication 5 with the auxiliary reservoir 3 at it, upper end and another pipe connection 6 with the train pipe 1 at its lower end p or base, saidpipes 5 and 6 being each povided with4 a manually operable valve or plug '7 and 8, respectively, by means of which they may be cut-out .when desirable or necessary.` Said train pipe 1 at points' suitably'spaced from the connection withthe pipe 6, is provided with angular couplings 9 and 10 each being providedwith feed pipes 11 and 12 which communicate with triple. valve casing-s 13 and 14, said pipes being provided with manually operable valves or plugs-15 which control the passage of air Said valve casings 13 i'c'lependent pipe communication 416 and 17 with the auxiliary and also with the brake cylinder 16, 17, 1S, and 19 is provided with a manuinunication with the brake cylinder and the auxiliary reservoir. y

The valves which control the ports of the casings are oi" the Well known standard type,

as well as said casings, therefore it has not 5 been thought necessary to describe the same in detail, nor fully illustrate the saine.

Briefly stated, the .operation ofthe iinproved quick acting-attachment is as o1- lows :--The air flows through the pipe 1 and is taken therefrom through the pipe connections 6, 11 end,12, and throu h the valve casings and from the latter tot e auxiliary reservoir 1 by means of the pi es5,.16.and 17, the usual piston valve of sai 'ea-sings permitting such flow otiain'but preventing the same from entering the brakecylinder. When necessary to apply the brakes, the au,

said pipes 5, 16 and 1,7, through the valve casings to and throughthe pipe connections 18 and 19 and the usual port connection bel tween casing 5, to the brake cylinder. .It will be seen that this arrangement permitsl reservoir through a plurality of independent sources, thereby greatly quickening the apl plicationof the brakes, the advantage of which will be apparent.' And it will also tive feature of the be seen that through the medium of said plurality .of independent sources of air supl the release of the brakes may be quickly e ect-ed. Another prominent vand distinc invention the provision of the valves by means oi which the connection between each valve casing and the train pipeV and the reservoir and brake cylinder ma be cut out. when desired or necessary, which permits thel brakes to be operated with but one triple valve, or with two, thus obviating the necessity moved from the train should one of the connections become defective. y

As will be observed by reference' to the drawings, the pipe communications between the valve casings and the 'eedpipe, brake cylinder and auxiliaryreservoir are preferably in two or more lengths and are provided with couplings 24`whereby the same may be readily separated for repair, replacement, &c.

. While in the foregoing the accompanying drawing, has been shown and described as provided with three triple valves each having inde# pendent connections with the train pipe, brake cylinder and auxiliary reservoir, it will be understood ot' course that the saine may be varied in number, that is to say, the improved air brake system may be equipped with but two triple valves and independent description and in connections, or 1f desirable, it may contain more than three.

That I claim as my invention is z-f 1. An air brake system comprising a train pipe, auxiliary reservoir, brake cylinder, and a plurality of triple valves each having an independent communicationwith said train pipe, reservoir and cylinder.

2. An air brake system comprising a train pipe, auxiliary reservoir, brake cylinder, a

i of the air being delivered from the auxiliaryk dependent triple valves,

i e a se arate i e lconnection. between said valves and the reservoir, and a separate pipe connection between said valves and the brake cylinder. y Y

4. An air .brake system comprising a source of ressure supply, an auxiliary reservoir, a rake cylinder, and independent connections between the-.source of pressure lsupply and the reservoir and between the ot the car being rethe invention reservoir and the cylinder.

5. An air brake s stem comprising a train pipe, a plurality o spaced relation thereon, ried by each feed pipe, voir, a pipe connection valve and said reservoir, a braking cylinder, and an .independent pipe connection between each triple valve and the braking cylinder,

6. Anffair, brake system comprising a train pipe, an auxiliary reservoir, a brake cylin der, independent connections pipe and said reservoir, and between said reservoir and said cylinder, fand manually operable valves carried by whereby the same mav be independently controlled. i Y

7. In an air brake system, the combination with a train pipe, an auxiliar reservoir and air brake cylinders, of a p urality of independent connections pipeand opening into one end of said reservoir and between said reservoir and said a triple valve 'caran auxiliary reserbetweeneach triple and an independ-l feed pipes arranged inA between said saidd connectionsbetween said l cylinders, and said yconnections provided i with transversely-alined manuali 7-operated valves, whereby the operator can quickly control the passage of out moving alon either one of the connections, substantia as disclosed.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atl'ix my signature in presence'of two witnesses.

' Y JOHN W. HICKS.

litnesses W. C. LANE, V. K. LANE.

compressed air, through one or all of the connectionsv with. 

